Howard Cosell

Following is a transcript of Brooks Robinson's speech at his sculpture unveiling ceremony Saturday at Camden Yards.

“Thank you, thank you, and I promise you, this will be the last ‘thank you’ of my career. I know Paul Blair, the last six or seven years we played together would always say, ‘Well, when’s your next Brooks Robinson day?’ This is it Pauly, you don’t have to do that anymore. Thank you very much. And I just want to say to all of you fans here, I don’t like to call you fans, I like to call you friends. You have been so wonderful to me and my wife since I came to Baltimore back in 1955. I just want to thank all...

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